Provides Home Assistant YAML templates for sensor configurations including temperature averages, motion presence detection, door/window security groups, and air quality indexing. Useful for sensor entity setup and analytics.
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Home Assistant sensor configuration and analytics patterns.
Home Assistant sensor configuration and analytics patterns.
# Average temperature
template:
- sensor:
- name: "House Average Temperature"
unit_of_measurement: "°F"
device_class: temperature
state: >
{% set temps = [
states('sensor.living_room_temp'),
states('sensor.bedroom_temp'),
states('sensor.kitchen_temp')
] | map('float', 0) | reject('equalto', 0) | list %}
{{ (temps | sum / temps | count) | round(1) if temps else 'unavailable' }}
- name: "Feels Like"
unit_of_measurement: "°F"
state: >
{% set t = states('sensor.outdoor_temp') | float %}
{% set h = states('sensor.outdoor_humidity') | float %}
{{ (0.5 * (t + 61 + ((t-68)*1.2) + (h*0.094))) | round(1) }}
# Combined presence
template:
- binary_sensor:
- name: "Room Occupied"
device_class: occupancy
state: >
{{ is_state('binary_sensor.motion', 'on') or
is_state('binary_sensor.mmwave', 'on') }}
delay_off:
minutes: 5
# Room presence sensor
- sensor:
- name: "Occupied Rooms"
state: >
{% set rooms = [
('Living', is_state('binary_sensor.living_occupied', 'on')),
('Bedroom', is_state('binary_sensor.bedroom_occupied', 'on')),
('Office', is_state('binary_sensor.office_occupied', 'on'))
] %}
{{ rooms | selectattr('1') | map(attribute='0') | join(', ') or 'None' }}
# Security group
template:
- binary_sensor:
- name: "Any Door Open"
device_class: door
state: >
{{ expand('group.all_doors') |
selectattr('state', 'eq', 'on') | list | count > 0 }}
- name: "House Secure"
device_class: safety
state: >
{{ is_state('binary_sensor.any_door_open', 'off') and
is_state('binary_sensor.any_window_open', 'off') and
is_state('lock.front_door', 'locked') }}
# Door list sensor
- sensor:
- name: "Open Doors"
state: >
{% set doors = expand('group.all_doors') |
selectattr('state', 'eq', 'on') |
map(attribute='attributes.friendly_name') | list %}
{{ doors | join(', ') if doors else 'All Closed' }}
template:
- sensor:
- name: "Air Quality Index"
state: >
{% set co2 = states('sensor.co2') | float(400) %}
{% set pm25 = states('sensor.pm25') | float(0) %}
{% set co2_score = 100 - ((co2 - 400) / 10) %}
{% set pm25_score = 100 - (pm25 * 4) %}
{{ ((co2_score + pm25_score) / 2) | round(0) | max(0) | min(100) }}
- name: "Air Quality Status"
state: >
{% set aqi = states('sensor.air_quality_index') | float(50) %}
{% if aqi >= 80 %}Excellent
{% elif aqi >= 60 %}Good
{% elif aqi >= 40 %}Fair
{% else %}Poor{% endif %}
automation:
- alias: "Water Leak Alert"
trigger:
- platform: state
entity_id:
- binary_sensor.kitchen_leak
- binary_sensor.bathroom_leak
to: "on"
action:
- service: notify.mobile_app
data:
title: "WATER LEAK!"
message: "Leak at {{ trigger.to_state.attributes.friendly_name }}"
data:
push:
sound:
critical: 1
volume: 1.0
- service: valve.close
entity_id: valve.main_water
group:
all_doors:
name: All Doors
entities:
- binary_sensor.front_door
- binary_sensor.back_door
- binary_sensor.garage_door
all_windows:
name: All Windows
entities:
- binary_sensor.living_window
- binary_sensor.bedroom_window
motion_sensors:
name: Motion Sensors
entities:
- binary_sensor.living_motion
- binary_sensor.kitchen_motion
- binary_sensor.hallway_motion
# Calibrated sensor
template:
- sensor:
- name: "Temperature Calibrated"
unit_of_measurement: "°F"
state: >
{% set raw = states('sensor.temp_raw') | float %}
{% set offset = -2.5 %}
{{ (raw + offset) | round(1) }}
# Sensor overview
type: custom:mini-graph-card
name: Room Temperatures
entities:
- sensor.living_room_temp
- sensor.bedroom_temp
hours_to_show: 24
# Security glance
type: glance
title: Security
entities:
- binary_sensor.front_door
- binary_sensor.back_door
- lock.front_door
- binary_sensor.house_secure
| Type | Device Class | Unit |
|---|---|---|
| Temperature | temperature | °F/°C |
| Humidity | humidity | % |
| Motion | motion | on/off |
| Door | door | on/off |
| Window | window | on/off |
| CO2 | carbon_dioxide | ppm |
| PM2.5 | pm25 | µg/m³ |
| Power | power | W |
| Energy | energy | kWh |
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References Home Assistant entity structure, common domains, IDs, device classes, customizations, template entities, groups, and naming conventions.
Provides YAML patterns, triggers (state, time, sun, numeric, template, event, device, webhook, MQTT), conditions, actions, and best practices for Home Assistant automations. Useful for creating or editing YAML configs.